the Democrats finally wrapped up their case

in the impeachment trial of President Donald Jolene Trump.

-(laughter) -And now...

Trump's defense is taking the floor

and presenting their arguments.

And it basically boils down to this:

one, this is just a political attack by the Democrats;

two, Trump did nothing wrong;

and three, there are no first-hand witnesses

who spoke to Trump about a quid pro quo.

And that last one is pretty ballsy, right?

Because how are you gonna complain

about having no eyewitnesses

when you're the ones blocking the eyewitnesses?

Right? It's a pretty slick move. You can't have it both ways.

It's like, if you're a vegan, you can't complain

about all the chickpeas in your life, okay?

Yeah. You chose that chickpea life.

Now you just got to stay quiet, except for all the farts.

-But that's you. -(laughter)

But now, this is where it gets interesting.

Right in the middle of Team Trump

making that argument about witnesses, we got some big news

from someone who Democrats have been trying to get to testify

in this trial.

And I'm talking about John Bolton--

former Trump national security advisor

-and star of HBO's Deadwood. -(laughter)

You see... the White House has been terrified

about what he might tell the Senate,

and now it looks like we know why.

NEWSWOMAN: Breaking overnight bombshell:

Former national security advisor John Bolton

ready to turn on the president,

as news leaks from his explosive new book

about what he claims really happened with Ukraine.

Bolton says the president told him

that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million

in security assistance to Ukraine

until officials there helped with investigations

into Democrats, including the Bidens.

President Trump signaling that he is going to paint

John Bolton as a disgruntled former employee.

Take a look at his tweet from earlier today-- he says:

Wow. This is a big deal.

Because we now know that if Bolton testifies

he would say that Trump personally told him

that he wanted to hold up aid to Ukraine

until he got dirt on the Bidens.

Which is the whole thing.

This is the heart of the entire impeachment thing.

So I don't know how Senate Republicans can justify

not hearing from Bolton now.

Like, like, there's no reason.

Imagine an eyewitness to a murder wanted to testify,

and the judge just refused.

You know, just like, "Your Honor, I-I-I saw this man,

and I saw the crime first-hand."

He'd be like, "Up-bup-bup-bup. No spoilers, no spoilers.

-(laughter) -I want to see how it ends."

And by the way, is Trump... is Trump really gonna argue

that John Bolton is just another disgruntled employee?

'Cause I don't know about you, but he...

he sure seems to have a lot of "disgruntled employees."

Like, how come nobody ever leaves the White House gruntled?

-(laughter) -Hmm? Just like, "Thank you, Mr. President.

I am so gruntled to have worked with you."

So, Bolton's book has thrown a big, hairy curveball

into this impeachment trial.

But believe or not, the Bolton revelations

aren't the only big new piece of evidence.

Because remember Lev Parnas?

Yes? Rudy Giuliani's right-hand man

and the Count from Sesame Street?

-laughter) -Well...

after Parnas said that he worked for Trump

to get dirt on Joe Biden,

Trump repeatedly claimed he has no idea who this man is.

That's even though they've appeared in more photos together

than Mariah Carey and Christmas trees.

So now the question is, is Trump lying

about not knowing Parnas,

or is Parnas lying about knowing Trump?

Well, it turns out Parnas has the receipts.

NEWSWOMAN: Breaking overnight:

the release of an explosive new audiotape

that reportedly features President Trump

speaking to Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas

at a dinner in 2018.

NEWSMAN: On the tape, a voice identified as Parnas

can be heard telling Trump that the ambassador to Ukraine

was bad-mouthing him.

-PRESIDENT TRUMP: Really? It's incredible. -(laughter)

President Trump has repeatedly said

he doesn't know Lev Parnas,

but on the tape they talk in detail about Ukraine.

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said

the gathering doesn't mean the president knew of

or even remembered Lev Parnas.

Uh, the president sits at many, many dinners,

at many, many round tables with people that he does not know.

(like Grisham): Yeah. The president has

many, many dinners, sometimes all on the same night.

(laughter)

Like, come on, guys, I'm sorry, you-you...

you just can't keep pretending

that Trump doesn't know this guy.

All right? Because first they said Trump wouldn't remember

all the people he takes photos with.

Okay. I understand that.

Now they're saying Trump can't remember

all the people he has private dinners with?

What's next? They're gonna be like,

"Look, the president gets

matching 'quid pro quo' back tattoos

"with a lot of people.

He can't be expected to remember all of them."

(laughter)

But another thing this tape demonstrates

is that, once again, this president has

an insane number of people who are secretly recording him.

Like, this is not normal. Do you know how many people

have secretly recorded Trump now?

Lawyers, aids, henchmen.

Basically everyone Trump trusts with his secrets

-is wearing a wire. -(laughter)

At this point, we have enough tapes to produce an album--

which is... exactly what we did.

ANNOUNCER: Are you ready to hear President Trump...

unfiltered, uncensored

and unaware that he's being recorded?

Introducing:

The president put his trust in a few select people,

and they've been taping his ass the whole time.

You'll hear recordings from Lev Parnas...

...Michael Cohen...

and this classic call with Omarosa

when he pretended he didn't know she got fired.

We've selected the best from over 500,000 hours of audio,

from places like: the Access Hollywood tape...

TRUMP: Grab 'em by the pussy.

Take advantage now, because we will never have

a president this gullible again.

Not anymore. And if you call in the next five minutes,

we'll add this bonus DVD:

(sniffing)

-Call now! -ANNOUNCER 2: There's no guarantee

recordings will lead to impeachment.